As Britain and many parts of the world emerged from the First World War, economic depression set in a number of industrialized countries and workers demanded more rights, pushing social issues to the fore. These would dominate the thinking of Nature’s new editor, Richard Gregory, as he ...
Colorado River, major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., and flowing generally west and south for 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometers) into the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico. Learn more about the Colorado River
In 1907, the Company became the first company in Japan to produce saccharin. 1914 Research activities begin with establishment of a research division In 1914, a research division is established. Around this time when the import from Germany has ended due to the World War I, Takeda began sales...
Mosquitoes have profoundly affected human history and continue to threaten human health through the transmission of a diverse array of pathogens. The phylogeny of mosquitoes has remained poorly characterized due to difficulty in taxonomic sampling and li
The British Empire began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583, the first British colony overseas. By the time Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, Britain had long been an empire known as the First British Empire. It included the colonies in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Indi...
Washington is bordered by Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and Canada’s British Columbia to the north. It is the 18th largest of the U.S. states, with an area that spans from the lush North Cascades and Olympic Mountains to the volcanic landscapes of Mount Rainier and Mount St...
History Reviews of New BooksFor the prevention of cruelty: The history and legacy of animal rights activism in the United States - Beers - 2006 () Citation Context ...e HSUS, PETA, and individual animal rights advocates as “silly” and their concerns as “ridiculous” (Morris, 2008; Berg...
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it ...
The current knowledge about the ammonoid/habitat relation is reviewed and in part newly interpreted. The autecology of ammonoids, such as ontogeny and habitat, based on morphological and geochemical analyses in association with results from modern relati
H. Earth’s oxygen cycle and the evolution of animal life. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 113, 8933–8938 (2016). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Poulton, S. W. & Canfield, D. E. Ferruginous conditions: a dominant feature of the ocean through Earth’s history. Elements 7, ...